Massage Therapy Instructors

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Comment by Amy O'Connor on October 12, 2009 at 11:29am

Great to see all of the new members!!
Jackie~~where are you located...are there good Massage Therapy Schools near you? Are there any teaching/assistant positions open where you actually attended Massage School?

Comment by Darcy Neibaur on October 12, 2009 at 11:09am

Thank you Gloria for the invitation.

Comment by Gloria Coppola on October 11, 2009 at 9:11pm

Jackie,
As there are no set standards in most places, I would 'highly' recommend you take a massage teaching training course. There is also a new book out called "teaching massage" I highly recommend it. Become a teaching assistant at a massage school to get started and learn the ropes. There is more to teaching from the book. Good Luck

Comment by Jackie Wilson on October 11, 2009 at 8:34pm

Hi..what do I have to do to become an instructor? I've been Licensed for 10 years..

Comment by Gloria Coppola on October 11, 2009 at 3:41pm

Hey do you have a fun story about a classroom experience? Want to share it? I'm looking for ideas for my next fun massage video.

Comment by Mitchell R. Mosher, DPM, LMBT on October 11, 2009 at 8:54am

Does anyone have any experience with a website place called SiteBuildIt?

Comment by Gloria Coppola on October 11, 2009 at 8:54am

One of the most frustrating experiences I have as a lead instructor and/or program director form time to time - is the lack of experience from new instructors. Schools are taking on individuals who have never taught and just read from books.No Creativity, no skills to work with all types of learning situations etc.

Seriously, I have seen them hire people right out of massage school with NO prior experience. There needs to be standards set.

I have assisted in areas/programs to help develop teaching skills. Unfortunately, most don't want to put the money out to learn the tools they need to be effective instructors. They want the schools to train them. The schools obviously can't afford to just give away a full training program.

I am hoping that changes as schools are popping up everywhere and the quality of education in my opinion has gone down hill in the last several years - based on info provided to me by employers andmy experiences I have had with students in several states.

If you want to teach, that's awesome! However, please do a 'service' to your students and learn how to instruct your classes effectively.

Amy, I am sure there are a plethera of amazing instructors on this network. Let's get them here so we can collaborate! I just invited some to join.

Comment by Amy O'Connor on October 11, 2009 at 8:43am

Thank you all SO much for the comments! Thanks for the kind words, Gloria. And Susan, I say your name about 10 times a day to my students! As I am sure many Licensed Massage Therapists refer to your book as "The Salvo Book," I made sure to teach my students from the same book I learned from...The Salvo Book:-) And, Pete, welcome! I will start a discussion on this subject, as I believe I have many things to contribute, so thank you so much! Keep the comments coming, and make sure to tell your fellow Massage Therapy educators to check us out! Have a great Sunday!

Comment by Susan G. Salvo on October 9, 2009 at 10:56am

Hey Guys,

Many authors of Teaching Massage have been asked to present a teaching forum for the World Massage Conference on November 12th to 17th.

Here’s these site:

http://www.worldmassageconference.com/

Ruth Werner, Whitney Lowe, Mary Foster, Cherie Sohnen-Moe, and I have all been asked to participate in a round table discussion.

Check it out…

Comment by Gloria Coppola on October 8, 2009 at 10:09pm

Just received a review copy of Teaching Massage from Lippincott publishers. Great book for all instructors, new and old!

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